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Originally posted by Garndell

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Originally posted by bach_m

well, i think it does more bad than good. ActiveX makes installing badstuff simple, the security flaws that go unfixed for months arn't helping anyone, and its lack of development is holding back the mass adaptation of Web standards.

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Question I put to you is have you tried SP2?  If you have the reason you put for IE "sucking" doesn't exist (as far as my experience goes).

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i've been an official beta tester for SP2, and most of my complaints still stand. granted, ActiveX is off by default. thats good. Security flaws go unfixed still. it isn't really being developed, short of fixing security holes that have been public for a while, and it STILL isn't being developed actively (maybe a bit more, cuz forefox is gaining ground) and is therefore holding back webstandards.

If Microsoft wants to have 90% of the browser market, it is their duty to keep up to date on all the new stnadards. or risk putting a stopper in further web development. and in fact, they've been LEAVING standards organizations recently , which doesn't help the interoperability of the web.